Do we expect them to be freaking saints 100% of the time because they were affected by a cluserfark later on? Or because Tom Hanks graced their names with his presence? They were literally (not figuratively) sailors in port. They (sailors in port) have a long history of acting like drunk fools.

Needs "asinine" tag. I don't know about you, but I hardly ever say to a buddy "hey, we have 20 years of intensive physical and mental conditioning and now have this sweet gig where we guard a ship and shoot suspicious-looking fishermen; what say we go into town, get drunk, buy smack and go shoot up back on the ship? It's East Africa: what's the worst that could happen?"

Yes. This is the holy rule of polydrug users. Alcohol and benzos are only to be mixed with stimulants. Do not mix alcohol and benzos. Do not mix alcohol and opiates. Do not mix opiates and benzos. These things will kill you dead. Alcohol and benzodiazepines are the most dangerous drugs in existence.

I literally cannot think of a more stupid and dangerous thing to do than heroin while you're drunk. That's how I'd commit suicide.

RTFA, people. These guys HAD NOTHING TO DO with the Captain Phillips incident. The ship at that time had no security guards, which is why the piracy thing went down. These guys were ex-SEALs serving as private security guards on the ship long after the movie events. They were no doubt bored out of their minds (there hasn't been a successful pirate attack off Somalia in two years), and you already know they're thrill-seekers, because SEALs, and they underestimated their heroin-using abilities. In their defense, they were drunk at the time.

mbillips:RTFA, people. These guys HAD NOTHING TO DO with the Captain Phillips incident. The ship at that time had no security guards, which is why the piracy thing went down. These guys were ex-SEALs serving as private security guards on the ship long after the movie events. They were no doubt bored out of their minds (there hasn't been a successful pirate attack off Somalia in two years), and you already know they're thrill-seekers, because SEALs, and they underestimated their heroin-using abilities. In their defense, they were drunk at the time.

I'd be very surprised if they hadn't been doing h for a long time before this, unless the prostitutes shot them up and then boned out when they croaked. People don't shoot up unless someone talks them into it and shows them how. People very rarely start using opiates with heroin. And people very rarely inject heroin on the first use.

They probably just got some really pure smack straight from Afghanistan. I imagine it's a very nice death.